Cornerstone Arts Week:“New Media and the Wild West Coast: Out With the Old and In With the New” by Ben Duhl

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Ben Duhl, who graduated from Colorado College in 1999 as an English major, has beenvice president for business development and client services at The IdeaLists in Los Angeles since 2010. Duhl was a Webby Award winner in June 2012 in the business services category and a Webby Award Experimental Film nominee for “Mnemosyne,” co-directed by Daphne Guinness for Comme Des Garcons fragrance, in 2009. (A Webby Award is an award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Categories include websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile.) Duhl produced the independent feature film “Here Comes The Night,” premiering in competition at the Woodstock Film Festival (October 2013) and touring regional festivals such as Ojai and Lone Star Film Festival. Duhl also was the executive producer on Cobra Starship’s first top-10 Billboard Hot 100 single, directed by Kai Regan and nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. This event is part of CC's Cornerstone Arts Week (Jan. 20-24). Highlighting the vital role the arts play within the liberal arts, the annual Cornerstone Arts Week focuses on a theme, posed as a question, that is examined through exhibitions, performances, special events, and interdisciplinary courses. This year’s question, showcasing the college’s new Film and Media Studies program, is a quote from Art Spiegelman: “What Are the New Words and Music?”